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A student used the proportion n/100 = 5/26 to find 5% of 26. What did the student do wrong?​

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Given:

A student used the proportion
(n)/(100)=(5)/(26) to find 5% of 26.

To find:

The student's mistake.

Solution:

Let 5% of 26 be n. Then,


n=(5)/(100)* 26

On dividing both sides by 26, we get


(n)/(26)=(5)/(100)

So, the proportion used by the student was incorrect. The denominators of the proportion are interchanged.

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